Burial-case



Patented May 10, 1921.

T. BEST.

BURIAL CASE. i APPLcA'TIoN msn JULY e. 1920. 1,377,656.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS BEST, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

BURIAL-CASE.

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kSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 10, 1921.

Application filed July 6, 1920. Serial No. 394,109.4

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, TrioMAs Bnsr, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Burial-Cases, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in burial cases and their method of manufacture.

'lhe object is to provide an inexpensive burial case of simple construction that will be proof against the action of water.

ln the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved case.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a modified form.

Fig 4L is an elevation of a cover of my case in the modified form.

My new and improved burial case comprises two separate cases, or boxes, the outer of which is indicated as a, and is a wooden case water-proofed in any suitable manner, such as by creosoting the same or by boiling the material in pitch or tar. The inner case, indicated as Z), is adapted to be received within the outer case and is constructed suiiiciently small to provide an intervening space between the walls of the two cases. rlhis case b is provided with a lid or cover b2. The case a is provided with a lid or cover a2. rlhe inner case b, as shown in Fig. 2, is adapted to be used as a receptacle for a casket c.

ln the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4f the inner case Z) is adapted to serve as a casket intended to receive the body direct. ln this use of the inner case, at one end of the lid or cover is provided a transparent window Z provided with a cover plate e adapted to be received in such recess to form a protective covering for the window.

rlhese cases are constructed in a substantial manner. They may be joined together at the edges by tongue-and-groove or in such other method as is thought desirable.

In the further assembly ofthe provided cases consists the principal feature of my invention.

other similar substance being satisfactory.

The inner case .7) is then placedwithin the outer case, the bottom thereof being sepae rated from the bottom of the outer case by the layer of tar or pitch material. When the cover has been placed on the inner case, tar or pitch is poured over and around the sides thereof forming L side wall layer of tar between the inner and outer cases and completely covering the top of the case until the inner case Z) is completely incased and insealed in tar; the outer case being completely filled with this asphalt product the cover a2 is then secured to the outer case, completing the operation.

lt will be apparent that when the abovedescribed operation is completed we have an inner case or receptacle adapted to receive either the body or a casket, which inner case is completely incased or sealed up in a tar covering. that the inner casethus insealed is then disposed within an outer box for further protection.

What I claim is: y

l. The method of constructing a buria case which consists in providing a creosoted outer box, an inner box adapted to be received therein spaced therefrom, pouring a heated tar product into the outer box so as to form a tar layer over the bottom thereof, positioning said inner box thereon, pouring a heated tar product around the inner box so as to completely fill the space between the inner and outer box, pouring such heated tar product over the cover of such inner box so as to completely inseal and incase said inner box, placing` the cover of said outer box in position. y

2. The process of constructing a burial case which consists in providing two boxes, an inner box adapted to lit within an outer box spaced therefrom, said outer box constructed of material which has been boiled in creosote, pouring a heated tar product in the larger of said boxes so as to completely cover the bottom thereof with a layer of said tar product, placing said inner box within said outer box supported on said tar layer, pouring` heated ytar around said inner box so as to fill the space between said inner and outer box to within a short distance ot the top of the wall of said inner box, placing the cover on said inner box after the casket has been placed therein, pouring heatedtar over and around said inner box so as to i'use with the tarpreviously poured around the wall thereof and completely inseal said inner box in a tar layer, placing the cover on said outer box.

3. The method of constructing a burial case -consisting in pouring into a provided outer box a thick layer of a tar product so as to completely cover the bottom thereof, inserting a smaller box within such outer box spaced from the walls thereof, supported from the bottom wall by such tar layer, pouring further tar in the provided space between the walls of such cases so as to completely fill the same around and over the top of such inner case until the same is co1npletely incased and insealed within such tar, securing a cover to such outer oase.

4c. The method of constructing a burial case which consists in providinof two wooden boxes one adapted to fit interior the other spaced from the walls thereof, such boxes provided with removable covers, pouring a layer of boiling pitch or tar within the larger of said boxes so as to completely cover the bottom thereof, inserting the smaller box within the larger one upon such tar layer, placing the cover on such inner box, pouring further tar in the outer box over and around such inner box until the inner box is completely incased and insealed in tar, securing the cover to such outer box.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specilication.

THOMAS BEST. 

